AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists
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Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited bestseller list was full of books with titles like “Apricot bar code architecture” and “Jessica’s Attention” earlier this week.

My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

  • SpudgerEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    Anyone that buys anything from Amazon is also part of the problem. Support your local bookshop while you still can.

    • @greenskye@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      I mean, most of my reading comes from authors who are literally only on amazon. And they’re only on amazon because it’s impossible to make a living trying to sell your book anywhere else. Brandon Sanderson has brought attention to this issue.

      I’m supporting indie authors in a sub-genre that you literally can’t even find in a physical bookstore. I get that bookstores are hurting, but I had to make a choice between small time authors and small time book stores.

    • moon_matter
      2•1 year ago

      A store cannot survive on good will alone unfortunately. As much as I like my local bookstore, Amazon provides more content in more formats. It’s just better from every angle.

      • Spudger
        1•1 year ago

        Don’t worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.

    • XerøEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I like reading ebooks on my phone or tablet. Google and Amazon make acquisition easy in that regard.

      So yes I am part of ‘the problem’ whatever that means.

      • SpudgerEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Good for you. Just remember that monopolies rarely have your or the little authors’ interests at the centre of their business plans. It’s seems to be mainly about owning big yachts and rocket companies.